Vocab 12
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22 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 apposite | (adj.) appropriate; suitable; apt |
| augur | (n.) a prophet or seer |
| augur | (v.) to predict, foreshadow |
| bilk | (v.) to defraud,cheat, or swindle; to evade payment of; to frustrate, thwart |
| charisma | (n.) the special personal magnetism that makes an individual exceptionally appealing to other people; a divinely bestowed gift or power |
| debilitate | (v.) to make week feeble |
| execrable | (adj.) utterly detestable, hateful, or abhorrent; extremely inferior |
| impinge | (v.) to strike against or collide with violently; to encroach or obtrude upon; to make an impression upon |
| labyrinth | (n.) a bewildering maze; any confusing or complicated situation |
| narcissism | (n.) excessive self-love; absorption in oneself |
| niggardly | (adj.) stingy; meanly small or insufficient |
| precarious | (adj.) very uncertain or unsure; dangerous or risky |
| pastiche | (n.) a dramatic, musical, or literary work made up of bits and pieces from other sources; a hodgepodge |
| rapport | (n.) a close and harmonious relationship |
| utilitarian | (adj.) stressing practically over other considerations; relating to the belief that what is good or desirable is determined purely by its usefulness |
| vacuous | (adj.) devoid of matter, substance, or meaning; lacking ideas or intelligence; purposeless |
| vagary | (n.) an unpredictable, erratic, or seemingly purposeless action, occurrence, or notion |
| viable | (adj.) capable of living or developing under normal circumstances |
| xenophobia | (n.) undue or unreasonable fear, hatred, or contempt of foreigners or strangers or of what is foreign or strange |
| zany | (adj.) clownish or funny in a crazy, bizarre, or ludicrous way |
| zany | (n.) one who plays the clown |
| zealot | (n.) a fanatical partisan; an ardent follower |
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